SEE ALSO BOE PAPER ON ABS DISCLOSURE condocmar10 If the Bank of England wants this information, how can this court deem it irrelevant? NOTE: BOE defines investors as note-holders. information on the remaining life, balance and prepayments on a loan; data on the current valuation and loan-to-value ratios on underlying property and collateral; and interest […]

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This is pretty aggressive and pretty abusive. I don’t know how under GAAP this follows the rules whatsoever,” he said, referring to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.“That reeks of an auditor who, rather than being really truly independent, is beholden to management,” he said, adding that the S.E.C. and the Justice Department should follow up on […]

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 “Without your blog I would not have found the right lawyer in my state.”                                                                                                                              – Meghan in RI “Some of the most rewarding work of my career.”                                                                                                                   – Chris Brown Esq. While we understand the many reasons borrowers pursue their cause on a ProSe or ProPer basis,  it has been our position since the […]

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The following is an excerpt from a 10-K/A SEC Filing, filed by GSR MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-8F on 7/1/2008. Next Section Next Section Previous Section Previous Section http://sec.edgar-online.com/gsr-mortgage-loan-trust-2006-8f/10-ka-amended-annual-report/2008/07/01/section31.aspx EX-33 (c) Restated Report on Assessment Regarding Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria 1. Avelo Mortgage, LLC (the “Servicer”) is responsible for assessing compliance, as of December 31, […]

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 Sending Banks a Message – Cincinnati OH  – Click Here to View Video “The average homeowner that can’t afford an attorney or can fight as long as we have, they don’t stand a chance,” he said. Hoskins said he’d gotten a $170,000 offer from someone to pay off the house, but the bank refused, saying they could […]

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The point must be made, and the evidence must be allowed, that the pretender lenders are gaming the system every day and literally stealing homes from both homeowners and investors who thought they had an interest in those homes when they bought mortgage backed securities. This leaves the borrower in a position of financial double […]

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Matt Taibbi in Huffington Post: Waking up to discover the mortgage market was a giant criminal enterprise A landmark ruling in a recent Kansas Supreme Court case may have given millions of distressed homeowners the legal wedge they need to avoid foreclosure. In Landmark National Bank v. Kesler, 2009 Kan. LEXIS 834, the Kansas Supreme […]

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I think we will be seeing more from Judge Bailey but bravo to the Judge for being so insightful. If memory serves me correctly she is Chairman of the Foreclosure Task force in Florida and this is a very good way of (a) demonstrating how the pretender lenders played fast and loose with basic law […]

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Pretender Lenders — read and weep. Game Over. Over the next 6-12 months the entire foreclosure mess is going to be turned on its head as it becomes apparent to even the most skeptical that the mortgage mess is just that —  a mess. From the time the deed was recorded to the time the […]

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Don’t get misled by titles. The wording of the statute clearly uses “verification” not validation. Verification generally means some sworn document or affidavit. This means when you contest the debt under FDCPA (in addition to sending a QWR) the party who is supposedly collecting or enforcing the debt has a duty to “obtain verification”. And […]

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